Now I'm the
king of the swingers
Oh, the jungle VIP
I've reached the top and had to stop
And that's what botherin' me
I wanna be a man, man cub
And stroll right into town
And be just like the other men
I'm tired of monkeyin' around!
I've reached the top and had to stop
And that's what botherin' me
I wanna be a man, man cub
And stroll right into town
And be just like the other men
I'm tired of monkeyin' around!
In
North Sumatra, on the edge of Gunung Leuser National Park , you will find Bukit Lawang a small
tourist village. In 2003 this town was hit by a flash flood caused by illegal
logging. The flood wiped out the town, killing approximately 300 people and
causing much damage to the park. Fortunately the town has been rebuilt and the park has
recovered because Gunung Leuser is one of two places in the world where you can
find orangutans in the wild.
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| The Town |
As
of 2000, the Sumatra orangutans have been assessed as being critically endangered
and on the IUCN Red list as one of “The world’s 25 Most Endangered Primates”
with less then 8000 still alive in the world it is estimated that of 5000 of
these orangutans occupy and live with in the 8000 km conservation park area in
Northern Sumatra.
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| Mama & her baby |
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| Me and our guides they like to stop every half hour |
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| What goes up |
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| Must come down... |
Finally
we had some time to kill on our last day and decided to go check out the local
Elephant sanctuary near by. Our driver took us on the back roads, which
required a 4x4 and moments of potentially being stuck and having to get out and
push.
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| Country side |
The country side was a
mixture of decimation and beauty as you saw first hands just how stunning the
jungle can be followed that would then be followed up by a turn in the road and
you were confronted by the result of the palm oil industry and illegal logging.
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| Country side.... |
Right,
wrong we could go back and forth all night but in the mean time let’s get back the point at hand and
that is :
Shubby do ou
ou
I wanna be like you
I wanna walk like you
Talk like you, too
You'll see it's true
An ape like me
Can learn to be human too…….
I wanna be like you
I wanna walk like you
Talk like you, too
You'll see it's true
An ape like me
Can learn to be human too…….
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| Man cub & I |
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